>> shepard: a baseball great admits to steroid use. simon says goodbye. sarah palin gets a new job. and president obama stands by harry reid amid new comments over old comments. i'm shepard smith. the news starts now. senator reid apologized for the racial remarks about president obama. >> that is where we are and i'm going to move forward. >> shepard: and democrats say that is that but republicans insist this isn't over. >> the continuing pattern of disturbing comments. >> shepard: tonight, the latest developments in a growing controversy. plus, the shooting spree at fort hood. tonight, brand new evidence the suspect's supervisors knew something was wrong and didn't

act. first from fox this monday night, the senate majority leader harry reid and president obama himself breaking their silences on comments senator reid made about race back in 2008. and both men now say it's time to put all of this behind them. this comes after word broke of a passage in the new book "game change" about the last presidential campaign. in it, the authors write about senator reid, he was wowed by obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as obama a "light skinned african american with no negr dialect unless he wanted to have one." senator reid noted he supported for the president for a long time. for the first time since all of this happened both the senate majority leader and the president spoke publicly about it all. >> i apologized to the

president and to everyone that i could have used a better choice of words. >> this is a good man who has always been on the right-side of history. for him to have used some inartful language in trying to praise me and for people to try to make hay out of that makes absolutely no sense. >> shepard: and the president says there was nothing mean spirited in senator reid's comments. republicans are crying foul. the republican national committee chairman michael steele argues if senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said those very words this democratic chairman and this president would be calling for his head. he and other republicans say senator reid's apology just isn't enough. they say this was clearly just a bad choice of words. >> shannon: reid and the president are focusing on the civil rights record that he has got and hillary shelton of the

naacp, here is how he praised reid today. >> he fought for fairness and democracy for all americans regardless of race, gender or ethnicity and even put his career on the line to take courageous positions. >> shannon: not everyone is giving reid credit for that record in writing this off as a one-time mistake, including one of the republicans hoping to take reid's seat. here is what she said about other gaffes he made. >> he called allan greenspan a political hack and called president bush in the midst of a classroom in las vegas, callle him a loser and called the tea party folks protesting our washington policies, he is calling them evil mongers. >> shannon: the two sides have cheerly staked out positions. >> shepard: i'm guessing there are competing thoughts about how this could affect senator reid's election bid which the polls were quite shaky, the

polls were some of the worst ever for reid and they were taken before the controversial comments were made public. the latest development still no help but you have to remember, of course, in politics the vote is still 11 months away. democrats believe he willle hang on to the seat. >> shepard: some republicans are arguing there is a double standard in play because of what happened in 2002 with then senate majority leader trent lott but the democrats argue the situation are completely different. senator lott was appearing at a birthday party for senator strom thurman when made this comment. >> i want to say this about my state, when strom thurman ran for president, we voted for him and we're proud of it. [ applause ] >> and to the rest of the country would have followed our lead we wouldn't have had all of these problems over all of these years either. >> shepard: strom thurman was a segregationist and a dixiecrat

when ran in 1948. shannon, republicans say the two situations are very much the same. democrats argue senator reid's comments are not grounded in prejudice and at the time the republican president of the united states said the senator should go as well. >> shannon: the democrats say there is no way you could probably compare the two situations. here is what robert gibbs said about trying to equate reid's remarks to lotts. >> i would suggest they spend about 20 seconds reading a little history and figuring out that to draw that analogy strains any intellectual enterprise. >> shannon: from the other side of the aisle we have texas senator john cornen who said it is difficult to see the situation as anything other than a clear double standard on the part of senate democrats and others. democrats expressed outrage at senator lott and called on him

to step down as leader. the same standard should be applied to senator reid and his embarrassing and racially insensitive statements. >> shepard: shannon, good to see you, thank you. the fort hood incident. before it they questioned his confidence and behavior and questioned his highwayialty to our nation. but military doctors still gave positive evaluations of dr. nadalp.hasan. the report shows that doctors repeatedly voiced concerns about major nadal's attitude but continued to help him move up through the rank is. the report does not explain why they did that before he opened fire and killed 13 people in the worst shooting ever on a military base in america. live in the newsroom in new york tonight, what else does the pentagon review show, jonathan? >> most strikingly, according

to the associated press it focuses on a presentation major hasan gave during his residency in the walter reed medical center in 2007. it was a presentation on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. look at some of points major hasan made. he said the war on terror is a war on islam. secondly, he said that islamic law should trump the u.s. constitution. and finally, according to some present at the presentation he also tried to justify suicide bombings. you would think that those three points made by the major would be a huge red flag. apparently nobody pickd that flag up. >> shepard: not only left him in the military but kept promoting him. >> captain in 2003 and then to mager in 2009. the report apparently shows this is quite a common thread within the u.s. army, the desire to promote junior officers rather than to look

specifically at some of their actions that might raise these kind of red flags. clearly this is something that the secretary of defense will want to take a close look at when gets this report. we believe that will be on thursday. >> shepard: it is my understanding there may be some connections between that and the attempted christmas day plane attack? >> a similarity in the sense that officials clearly in both incidents have the information they needed to take action. but they apparently did not connect the dots. there is, of course, one tragic difference as well, that is that the attack on the detroit-bound plane fail today pull off his attack, tragically, though, major hasan was everybody's nightmare in terms of his success of his attack, killing 13 people. >> shepard: a new clue in the murder of a play boy model. tonight a look at surveillance video from her final hours. lawyer for her boyfriend says it proves he is innocent.

plus, on the ticker, mark mcgwire admits he is not innocent in baseball's steroid scandal. tonight, why he is coming clean. my simon cowell is moving on from "american idol." and what sarah palin says about her new job. fair and balanced. ís

>> shepard: mark mcgwire. here is the shocker of the day, he has come clean about something baseball fans long suspected. he admits now he did use steroids even as he toppled the record for the most homeruns in a single game -- or a single season. he says i tried steroids in the '89 off season and then after i was injured in '93 i used steroids again and used them on occasion throughout the 1990s including during the '98 season. that is the season when hit what was then a homerun record of 70.

mcguire says he had good years and bad years when taking the drugs but "no matter what i shouldn't have done them and for that i'm truly sorry. mark mcgwire taking a different tone than he did during the congressional hearings on the use of stare during the hearings on professional payable. >> i'm not going to -- professional baseball. >> i'm not here to discuss that. i'm not here to talk about the past. >> he is now because now he wants a job and he says "i never knew when but i knew this day would come, it is time to talk about the past and confirm what people suspected." rick levinthal joins us now. we know now why. >> he is rejoining the st. louis cardinals as hitting coach and the whispers and allegations were not going away so he puts the rumors to rest and hopes to move forward. he said he had good and bad

years when didn't take steroids and did have good and bad years when did. he calls it foolish and a mistake and in a live interview he says he did oral steroids, injectable steroids and says he absolutely could have hit 70 homeruns without steroids. >> shepard: we will never know. he is now trying to get a job with the cardinals and if he didn't do this first it would come out later and that is why now, isn't it? >> the commissioner calls it another step in the right direction and all praising mcgwire for coming clean. if you look at a difference of h him between 1978 and 1988, the denver 1988 and 1998, the difference is striking. far from the 75% vote needed to get in. this could help him the admission but probably wouldn't

get him into the hall. >> you were there when mcgwire was chasing the record as rick manages to get to every sporting event. even then it was suspected and chatted about. >> a reporter spotted a bottle of a supplement in in his locker that was legal at time but banned by the international olympic committee so there was chatter but most people seemed to care more about the horn more about the homerun chase than what might have been fueling it. i witnessed homeruns 60, 61 and 62. the standing ovation lasted about 15 minutes when broke roger maris' record. jacked up sammy sosa was there, too, as you may remember. >> shepard: when will we hear from him? >> no word from sammy. >> shepard: we don't know if he did or not but we will wait to hear that. rick levin shall. good to see you, friend. >> police in miami say the person who murdered a former play boy model and left her

body burning in a dumpster may come again. this comes as new surveillance video shows paula in the hours before her death. she is the woman with the long blonde hair. the video shows her leaving a nightclub in the morning at 7:20 in the morning and a group of-leaving at the same time. investigators say she went to the club with her boyfriend but bouncers kicked them out when they got into a heated argument. he left at 7:00 a.m. and she left at 7:20 a.m. and police say the boyfriend returned to the hotel and they know he was there and now investigators are look for a man who followed her out of the club and of him we have no description. >> shepard: no where to hide and more trouble for the paramedic caught up in the scuffle with the state trooper last year. we reported on this as part of the no where to height series. the paramedic was bringing the patient to the hospital at the time and the fight was caught on camera.

take a look. well, the trooper sevenned a five day suspension and now the paramedic is facing separate charges in a separate incident. place say this man maurice white, jr. was driving his own car when got into an argument with a traffic cop. charges include resitting arrest, speeding and not having insurance. this is america's election headquarters and happening right now the candidates to replace the late senator ted kennedy of facing off in a debate in boston. this special election is one week from tomorrow. kennedy's widow endorsed the democrat, massachusetts attorney martha coakley. you can see the debate streaming live on our web player at fox news.com. once he gave spiritual advise to osama bin laden. now, he is delivering a warning to the united states. up next, the most influencial islamic clare ric cleric in yes

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>> shepard: now, what is being described as an escalating terror threat in yemen. president obama says he has no in fireworks of sending u.s. troops into the country but also says he would -- no intention of sending u.s. troops into the country but also says he would never rule

out such a thing. osama bin laden's former spiritual advisor is warning the united states don't even thing of it. since the christmas day suspect reported he trained in yemen. today's, the most influencal yemen'scleric says yes, men's people must be careful before a forne guardianship is imposed upon them. greg palkot is streaming live from yemen. greg? >> shep, it was one of the strange press conferences i have attended in quite awhile. a man some folks in the u.s. would like to see in prison for his alleged terror ties, meeting openly with me and other members of the media. a sign of how complex the strategic landscape is here in yemen. this man has been operating in yes, men for years. former spiritual advisor to osama bin laden.

he is on the u.s. government special global terrorist list. he denies links to terror and yemeni officials say they don't have evidence against him. his talk, however, is tough. >> is there any justification for the targeting or killing of americans in places where you deem they should not be, even here in yemen? >> what are you going to do if one invades you in your country and kill you? defending the lives and homeland is a must. >> the yemeni president raised some eyebrows just this past weekend saying in an interview that while his government was up to the challenge of al-qaeda that dialogue could be the best way. he did say that a talk could only happen if the al-qaeda members renounced terrorism. and even critics admit the government is now serious about dealing with the terror threat here. >> they have gone after them with resistance and a high rate of success and so far al-qaeda

has not been able to retaliate. >> we should not expect to see u.s. troops in any large numbers here in the near future. but we should expect to see more military funding. in fact, just in the past couple of days, it has been announced the funding would more than trouble this year, up to $150 million. that can't make that cleric happy either. >> shepard: greg live in sanaa in yemen. >> unmanned drones may be collecting so much intelligence in the war zone that military can't even keep up with it. air force drones gathered three times as much information in iraq and afghanistan as in all of 2007. right now, analysts watch the video feeds live and report warnings about road side bombs and insurgents down to the troops in the field but officials believe the archived videos could serve as a useful tool to study insurgent

behavior. the military is testing technology used by tv sports casters. analysts would be able to organize and tag specific video clips produced by the drones using metadata and call them up as an instant replay. union leaders facing off with the president over a proposal to hit high end healthcare plans with a special tax. tonight, questions about who would really pay the price. we report and you decide. and a major announcement from the "american idol" judge, simon cowell. so major. he made $2 million with that -- he made $32 million with that show last year. $32 million. so he wouldn't leave, right? hang on.  thanks for coming.

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>> shepard: balloon boy's father is behind bars tonight. who can forget that saga broadcast live on tvs around the world. there were fears at the time that a six-year-old boy might have been trapped inside. of course, it was all a hoax now as we know. richard hene insists there never was a social adding he believes his son was inside the balloon. his wife is expected to spend 28 days la the lockup at a later date. the family expected to possibly pay for the time and research spent on the search. >> i'm shepard smith shepard smith and you are on the fox

report. bottom of the hour and time for the top of the news. president obama on a collision course with union leaders and democrats in a healthcare battle. the issue attacks on cadillac insurance plans included in the senate bill. it would apply to individual policies worth more than $8,000 and family plans worth more than $23,000. insurance companies would be charged a 40% tax on those plans. and critics say that will mean higher premiums or fewer benefits for patients. major garrett live at the white house. major, the president met with union leaders there today. what do we know? >> almost a dodds of the top labor leaders -- almost a dozen of the top labor leaders here at the white house. the white house said it was a productive meet bug no resolution of the enormous dispute with enormous policy and political implications. the president of the afl-cio says the senate tax falls disproportionately and he said

wrongly on working families. >> instead of taxing the rich the the senate bill taxes the middle class by taxing workers' health plans. not just union members' healthcare plans. >> he also went on to say that the plan in the senate pits those who have health indiana in the middle class against those who don't and he says that is the kind of class warfare labor unions reject. >> shepard: senator chris dodd said healthcare reform is hanging by a thread. is that the growing feeling on the hill that this is in jeopardy. >> he is a democrat and that is why the mint comments are so vy important. i talked to joe courtney who is leading the possible house revolt. he agreed though this is likely to pass it is in some degree of jeopardy. let's listen. >> the process is very precarious right now and i

think that both chambers have to approach it in a positive way but understanding there is real challenges that need to be fixed here. >> let me describe real challenges. 190, shepard, of the 256 house democrats opposed the senate tax approach and have yet to say they will vote against it in the final compromise but it might be moving in that direction. >> shepard: major, thanks. new york city, the city that banned smoking from the restaurants and then transfats for everybody and required all chain restaurants to post calorie information on everything is now going after its latest target. salt. the city released new guidelines for packaged foods now and here is a example. over next five years the city asking food manufacturers to lower sodium in breakfast cereals by 39%. 38% in canned vegetables. 30% in salad dressings.

25% in processed cheese. 25% in bacon. don't mess with bacon. the initiative is voluntary and there are no penalties for companies that fail to comply. 25 other cities or state agencies endorsed the guidelines and so have more than a dozen national health organizations. now, the big story of the day. the face of one of the biggest television stories of all time. tonight the future of "american idol" appears to be, well, i don't know, uncertain, after simon cowell announced he is leaveing that competition in may. the bruteally honest judge revealed he is bringing his talent show from great britain, the x factor to theiate next year and it will air on fox. the announcement comes one day before idol's ninth season debuts. paula abdul, another original on the show left the show in august after a reported contract dispute although there might have been more than that. talk show host ellen takes her

place. the audition rounds this year will also feature a variety of guest judges from victoria beckham, or posh spice. now, the biggest question, what happens to the ratings juggernaut once its most popular star leaves? jill dobson is here is what it going on and one of properties of our corporate headquarters. what is simon saying about all this? >> simon sat down today after he made the announcement and fans are saying what is going to happen to the show and critics are saying what is going to happen after this? simon tells fox his departure could be good for "american idol." >> i hope and believe that we will lead at still the number one show in america which is a pretty good place to be. i think in a way it is a good thing for the show because it shakes it up and there will be speculation who is going to replace me and you can't have the same people all the time, it gets boring. >> he is walking away from a

reported $36 million salary. >> shepard: and he could make more on this. i don't understand the differences between that singing competition and what he is bringing here and the one we have now. >> he will be the executive producer of this show and there he can make more money and this show doesn't have an age limit so people of all different ages compete and the judges mentor the contest yans sants so lookr that. the show comes to fox in 2011 and he will be featured more prominently as he is mentoring the contestants as well as judging them. >> and it can also affect "american idol's" ratings. we expect tomorrow's show to get a boost from all this publicity the day before idol returns. other networks are talking about the rating is, yes, it has gone down some in the past few years but still remains the number one show on television. simon wants to go out while it is number one. and is hoping his new show

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the united states. >> according to a u.s. counter terrorism official, the al-qaeda affiliate is no longer content to be a weak player. the officials said they are trying to extend the reach and expand its operations beyond the region. buy example the suspect in the recent danish attack seen here being carried into court because he was wounded by police is a 23-year-old somali man believed to be the first documented case of an alshabab operative carrying out a mission outside of somalia. he is accused of breaking into a home of a danish cartoonist whose controversial cartoons on muslims led to threats on his life. in propaganda videos he goes by a name which simply means the american. al-qaeda's hold is seen in the far east among the afghan pakistan border, in iraq in

yemen through the aqap which claimed responsibility for flight 253 and in somalia through alshabab. the concern is that americans carrying american passports can return to the country, though leading analysts say it is handicapped by the fact that it does not have strong support in somalia for its extremist views. >> shepard: thanks. they did everything right, that is the reaction from the pilot's union on a united airlines crew's actions during an emergency landing at newark liberty airport yesterday. everyone onboardwalked away unharmed after the jet landed -- landing landed as the landing gear was malfunctioning. forced to land on its belly after the landing gear on the right-side wouldn't get down there and knocked in. passengers were told to crouch in their seats and brace for impact after circling the airport several times.

one of the passengers described the landing earlier today on studio b. >> 100 feet or so above the ground he announced brace. the flight attendants started yelling brace, brace, brace. then i believe he cut the power on the plane for the last 50 feet because i guess they didn't want anything electrical if there. i swear it was one of the smoothest landings i have been on. came down on the left site and we slid to the right-side. >> shepard: the landing damaged part of the fuselage but nobody was hurt. >> newark had a scare when a man slipped by security in terminal c. incidents like that one and the attempted bombing on christmas day sparked a renewed interest in airport screening and now one georgia company says it has a better way to scan baggage. a issues system that could detect threats in things like

clothing and water bottles well before they get to the gate. jonathan is live outside atlanta. >> frequent flyers have grown accustomed to having to stuff all of the toiletries in the tiny plastic bags bus thanks to the technology you see behind me this may become a think of the past. scanning from four angles this next generationion ra generatie can detect objects that might otherwise be unseen by other x-ray systems. >> the picture can only identify something that your brain equates to a threat like a pistol or a knife. >> the sentinel system developed by scan tech in suburban atlanta goes beyond detectth visual threats take these bottles. one in the center contains a soft drink and the other flammable liquids. it compares the reactions to a

database of hazardous materials including petn, the explosive suspected in the failed christmas day bombing. the operator gets a warning when the system te detects a dangerous substance. passengers would still require some other form of screening for dangerous items on their person. >> there is no one technology that is going to provide the best security for the check point. you really need to take what we call a multisensor approach. >> and this particular system you see right here is about to be shipped off to abudabi. the company is also hoping to go into testing with the tsa for possible deployment to airports around the u.s. >> johnathan serrie live in the atlanta area. thanks. new concerns over a potentially toxic heavy metal found in some children's jewelry. wal-mart is pulling the products from its shelves as

the consumer product safety division launches an investigation. it is called cadmium and it is found in toy jewelry found in places like wal-mart and dollar store chains. cadmium is more dangerous than lead and has been linked to kidney, bone and joint damage. an independent lab found cadmium in 12% of 103 jewelry items tested, many made in china including rudolph the red nosed reindeer charms like the one here sold in dollar stores in new york. cadmium is not outlawed in children's toys and jewelry here in the united states. gay marriage a hot topic in a california courtroom now and cameras catching all the action but the supreme court says regular folks may never get to see the footage. we will tell you why. plus, we just received a message from planet blago. >> what i said was stupid, stupid, stupid.

>> shepard: groundhog day you ask? details coming.

>> shepard: one federal courtroom in san francisco is now the focus of two hot button issues. gay marriage and cameras in the courtroom. the federal courts generally ban cameras but a federal judge last week made an exception for a challenge to california's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. he ruled video of the trial can be streamed on you tube. but just hours before the trial started, this morning, the united states supreme court blocked those plans at least for now. claudia cowen is following the trial and is live outside the courthouse tonight. what is the rub here? >> cameras were rolling in the courtroom today but the nation's highest court says it

needs more time to consider whether the foot and will ever be seen. at issue is whether the public interest in viewing the proceedings is trumped by concerns by the antigay side if they know their -- witnesses will be imtim nateed if their testimony is aired. they said they will prove prop 8 is socially, morally and economically discriminatory. supporters insisted prop 8 is not about discrimination but a matter of preserving the traditional religion definition of marriage and that because domestic partnerships in california provide the same rights and benefits as marriage there is no constitutional issue. the judge began hearing the plaintiff's case right before lunch. >> there is going be a lot of testimony from experts describing the importance of marriage both traditional marriage and also the relationship as it applies to

same sex couples. do we have a separate but equal type of scenario? that is going be important for the judge to decide. >> testimony is expected to last three weeks. regardless of the outcome here, a final decision will likely be made by the u.s. supreme court. shepard? >> shepard: claudia cowan live tonight in san francisco. thanks. the former governor of alaska has a new job. sarah palin signed to be a fox news contributor. she will contribute to this channel and the fox business network and host a special in the real american story series according to fox. she says she is thrilled to be joining the great management talent at fox news and goes on to say it is wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news. and there is breaking news from planet blago. the former illinois governor now admits he said something

stupid, stupid, stupid. he said it three times. need to us narrow it down quite a bit. here is the quote. i'm blacker that barack obama. i shined shoes. i grew up in a five room apartment. my father had a laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. i saw it all growing up. today, blago apologized in his way. >> as stupid as my metaphor was, i was expressing real frustration and that is the fact that still today nothing has really changed and this administration is bailing out the banks and bailing out the big wall street crooks, bailing out wall street but not bailing out main street and that ordinary people are not getting a fair shake and so while i apologize for that stupid metaphor the frustration is i expressed is very real. >> shepard: shows in his hair, doesn't it? he was kicked out of office last year after his arrest on charges of trying to sell

president obama's then senate seat. italy's prime minister back to work in rome now after -- a month after an attack that broke his nose and two of his teeth. our top stories a we go around the world in 80 seconds. italy. a warm welcome for premier silvio. a man threw a statueette at the leader sending him to the hospital for a few years. you would have a tough time finding o scar on his face now. he says he has forgiven his attacker. mexico, a helicopter crash kills a prom intercept businessman and three members of his family. authorities say the helicopter went down in a forest just outside mexico city. city officials say heavy fog may have caused the crash. australia. ship wreck hunters capturing the first underwater images of an australian world war ii hospital ship that sank in

1943. we are told only 64 of the 332 people onboard survived. australia reports the japanese navy torpedoed that ship and japan claims the circumstances surrounding the sinkin sinkingt clear. french performers filling the streets of tokyo as part of an annual festival. some dressing in traditional costumes and others doing magic tricks. then there was this guy? everyone seemed to be having a good time. and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. we are living in a world of paparazzi and constant celebrity tweeting but there may be no person who is as closely watched as the sleeping bear in minnesota is. and if all goes as planned, we could be seeing action in his den pdq. we will tell you what this is all about and show you the live pictures, next. [ female announcer ] the only thing better than seafood

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>> shepard: top stories coming up. first, you know how some parent video tare baby's birth? a pair in northern minnesota doing exactly that. of course, it wasn't the bear's idea. a brave television producer actually set up a live video camera to broadcast from the den of a wild hibernating bear who researchers have named lily. it should be that but tonight i'm safe. the live feed is overloaded right now so is earlier video of lily engaged in some sort of activity that clearly involves a great deal of licking. lily is expected to give birth sometime this month, clearly without any hope of privacy. president obama and senator majority leader harry reid say they have moved on after reports of remarks the senator made in his new book, rear marks about the president and race. former major league baseball star mark mcgwire admitted he

did use steroids for about a decade and was juicing in 1998 when the broke the homerun record and wal-mart says it will close ten sam's club stores across the united states and that will mean cutting 1500 jobs. on this day in 1935 amelia earhardt took off from honolulu becoming the first person to fly solo from hawaii to california. then some companies in hawaii offered $10,000 to whomever could fly alone from the islands all the way to the mainland, 2400 miles. a day after she took off she landed in oakland. two years later, air har earhaa copilot attempted the first around the world trip they vanished into the pacific ocean, never to be f